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Outrn;cs  of  the  Lncmy— Report  of  I  lie 
Seed  Cumuli .i«:  uy  llr.  Clay. 
uTue  Sdleot  Uominitiee  of  Thirteen,  con- 
sisting ul  one  SeUttlur  iruni  each  ul'  I  lie  Con- 
federate Si  i  ea,  imi.-c  l  under  a  resuluiiou  ol 
Iho  Seu.it  o  at  its  last  session.  io  cull- 
report  ibe  evidences  ui'  ou  raged  couiuiitird 
by  i ue  on.  my  upon  ihe  persona  an. I  properly 

VI     ..ui    UI.I/.C..S,    IN    Vlni.lll.lll     of    IH«     lilies     o. 

ei.-.l  zed  Kiiiiif  aud  iherightaol  In. 
auk  . -.ivr  io  report — 

••I'liui  they  nave  receive. 1  statements  ol 
wrongs,  iuj.iiies  a. ..I  outrages  cuuiuuiicd  by 
Hie  win  my  in  u  iiy  fuur  Statea  ol  the  Cuufed- 
er.icy  —  Alabama,  Arkausas,  Norm  CaiOiiua 
ami  S  .iiu  Carolina — mii  ili.il  Ihese  en 
ony  h  .-in. tii  puri  ol  wbul  Uasb*.en  Buttered 
by  i>ur  ciuzeus  .n  meae   Males.      But    thus* 

aiaieuiCilla  lib.  w   II. a!   our  mv.l<le-s  have  I..',  u 

utterly  reg  u  ii.:  s  oi   every  priuciple  ol   l.iw 
lul   a-arlaie,  every    precept    ul   Hi.-   ciu 
re  igiu.i  u..-i  every  senituieut    oi.eni.g'i  ;neU 
l,u..i -n.iy.      luaepiiil    ul    w.iiron    an.!    viu 
diouvu    malice,    ur  ul   i    bb        ike    rapaciiy, 
Ibey  have  destroyed  ur  cariied    .'II'  property 
l.'i   which  ihe  eHliiuatejH,  mad.   alinusi  i 
abiy  uudcr  oath,  autouni  in  the  aggregate  iu 

an    ...    Si  ■.. i.ll  -it.       In   iii.ii'  J    parts    ..! 

billies  iii. y  liave  buruod   i  in    i  aud 

oui  buusee,  giaueries,  gins  nud  tnill-Uuitsea, 
the  felloes  and  orups,  Ibi  iuiplemeuta  ol' 
husbandry  audtootaol  liade,  uud  proti-iuus 
lor  subsisting  iioili  nt n n  aud  beaut;  Iiuvh 
cm  djwu  or  otherwise  ues  royed  ibe  fruil 
lues  an. I  viuiyarde,  have  killed  (tie  on 
in,  uowb,  ilieeueep  and  bugs;  thereby  evin- 
cing iii..-  base  aud  savage  purpose  of  taking 
hum  our  people  nil  llieir  menus  of  preseui 
nntl  future   subsisleuue:    of  furoing  inem  lo 

set  i .1    in  i  .-  letter  beyund  reaon  of  ibeii 

■runes;  aud  ol  wasting  mil  desotaiing  the 
laud,  thai  ihey  may  cuuvert  it  tutu  a  deseri 
Ibey  have  burned  ur  battered  down  public 
ediboes,  uevoted  in  civil  mid  religious  pur 
poeee  —  school-bouses,  court-houses  and 
Bburebes — aud  imvt  eiiber  d<  si  my.  dor  taken 
on  I  lie  public  records,  Hie  books  and  the  sa- 
crum.n  al  vesse  s;  thereby  displaying  a  lie- 
sire  ur  iuteui  ioii  iu  desiruy  uur  monuments  ol 
piO,eii>,  uur  evideuoes  01  marriage  and  Ic- 
gilliu  icy,  .iii-  bistory,  and  Ilie  very  bonds  ol 
booiety  .  it    imu  a  cundiliou  oi 

tnarouy  aud  civil  strife,  where  no  man's 
right*  are  secure  and  wrong  may  be  .lone 
wiui  impuniiy.  They  have  not  spared  even 
ibe  in  of  uur  .li'. 1. 1,  or  sutt'ered  tbeii 
rem  una  iu  real  undia  urbed.  They  have  lorn 
down  and  uiuiilaled  i lie  moDumeuta  iu  oetue- 
teries,  aud  have  exbumed  and  opened  coffins, 
eiiUi  no  gratify  Bordid  avarice  or  fiendish  ma- 
lignity I'bey  have  mutilated  orrentovud  pubiio 
aud  pri  vale  libn t,purtraii8and  other  paint- 
ings, Btaiuea  ami  other  wuiks  uf  mi  aud 
i.'i-i...  pi  hi.?  and  other  musical  iastrumeuia, 

and    ui     l Behold    lurniture,     They    have 

rubbed   many  persona   uf  relics  ul'  deoeaeed 

fur  ii  a.     in     ..i  he.      i  elat  ives     oi 

ds,  which  went  iuvaluaole  '..-  them  and 

vain ■■.!■      '     ibe    i    bbers,    merely  to   torture 

Hi of  our  oil  liens  nnd  io  sati 

ewn  mean  aud  malevi  !•  nl  animosity,  'Ihey 
hive  murdered  peaceful  and  ouuffendiug 
eiiixene,  an  i  have  Ben  d  .-nut  taken  many  ..i 
th.  in  tar  ir  .in  ibeir  families  and  homes,  ami 
iuc  arceraled  I  hem  in  prisons  of  the  Uuitcd 
btatea,  I'u  others  they  have  offered  the 
chuiue  of  a  prison  or  an  oath  of  atle 
tu  ibe  United  Sin  as.  They  have  rushed  bi 
regiments,  baiialions  or  companies  into  our 
ui  iges,  ami  rubbe  I,  like  banditii,  boih  men 

tml  w..niiu,    in    Hun-   line  lings    ami   mi    ih,. 

■■reels  ol  mou*y,  watches  and  other  jewolrj 
Tn.  ii  soldiers  ii  ur  indulged  their  brutal  u  is- 
n  ins  upon  women,  sometimes  in  open  d  >y  and 
iu  p. I. lie  plaues,  »iiii  impflnity,  .1  nut  by  li 
ci'ii-i  .-ii.  luey  have  no*  spare  i 

e  Iber  uni',  r.e\  or  calling,  Ol.i  men,  wumen 
ami  children,  ministers  of  religion,  peaceful 


artiztns,  merohnnts,  men  of  seience  nnd 
Ifller*,  tillers  of  t lie  carili,  aodoibeis  not 
beariug  aims,  or  gu  Ity  of  any  misconduct, 
bnve  been  made  to  Miller  as  boslagea,  ur  vi- 
carious victims,  lor  the  [severe  5ul  defensive 
lilu'vs  intlicied  by  i.ur  gallanl  Boldiefa  upon 
these  cowardly  invaders.  Even  those  utiiur- 
uniitua  whom  the  mysterious  providence  of 
Uod  has  heml'l  of  leason,  or  of  I  lie  faculty 
ol  speech,  or  ihc  sense  of  sight  or  bearing, 
have  not  escaped  the  demonical  wrath  of  our 
eueini 

••the  Committee  would  ciie  examples  of 
each  of  these  outrages,  and  the  lealiniony  by 
which  ihey  are  sustained,  lull  it  would  swell 
the  report    beyoud  the  limiia   which  will  en- 
sure iis  publication  nnd  perusal,  and  as  'be 
and    injuries  done  are    nol  half  lold, 
itiuua  having  extended  to  ouly  a 
•  mail  pari  of  lour  Staios,  ihey  have  deemed 
io  postpone  a  full  recital   to  aootbei 
session   ol   Congress  when  they  may  make  a 
final  report, 

"In  i-onclusion,  the  Committee    feci    war- 
ranted iu  saying  thai  lite  conduct  of  the  war 
.ui  ihe  [.an  oi  our  enemies  ini>  nut  exhibited 
the  moderation,  the  forbearance,  the  chival< 
ourtesy,  the  magnanimity,  or    Chris- 
tian charity,  which  the  spirit  of  ilie  age  de- 
mands, and  which    the    praoitoe  of  civilized 
i  il    centuries    la-l    paal  lias 
illy  illustrated.     It  has  been  a  war  not 
inure  h gainst  our    unarmed    men,  than  belp- 

1    inn  i.  ni   n ..'ii    and   children.      It 

lied  io  destroy  nol  only  our 
me  ins  oi  defence,  bui  of  our  fool  and  i-ii- 
uien:  ;  not  only  io  conquer,  but  to  extermi- 
nate. It  has  been  a  war  not  only  against 
the  bodies,  but  againsi  the  spnii  uf  our  peo- 
ple also;  their  eouIb  have  hern  luriured  by 
all  the  base  arts  uf  oowardly  despotism  ;  by 
ing  them  la  insults  aud  humiliations, 
is  ii  Hie  very  slaves  oi  their  enemies;  by 
robbing  them  of  priceless  ti  isurei  conse- 
'•i  aic  '  in  I  heir  affections  by  association  with 
dead  or  absent  kindred;  by  false  reports  to 
thnse  v.  it  Li  i  ii  their  lines,  and  who  were  out  uff 
Iroin  communication  wuh  tneir  fi-llow- 
citixens  beyond,  Ibem  of  repeated  deieata 
and  diaasiera  attending  Souiliern  aim-,  ami 
of  our  concessions  uf  the  hopelessness 
of  our  cau-e  ;  by  desecrating  graves, 
churches,  and  oilier  sacred  places  ; 
by  destroying  things  which  do  nut  add  to 
means  of  bus  ilily  bui  are  only  useful  in 
peace,  and  serve  iu  prumoic  the  commou  and 
pei  pntunl  interests  uf  mankind.  Iu  short  it 
ii  prosecuiedas  if  with  ibe  fell  pur- 
pose ol  subjugating  bulb  ihe  bodies  and 
souls  of  our  people,  or  of  exasperating  aud 
exterminating  tbem.  li  has  been  a  war 
against  properly,  both  public  and  privale; 
Lea  and  against  all  classes  of 
the  political,  moral  and 
uis  of  our  peoplt  ;  against 
ih. n  honor  ami  their  public  iiU'rei  inns  ; 
againsi  whatever  has  hitherto  been  deemed 
I,  inoffensive  and  exempt  from  hostility 
by  all  civilized  nations,  li  has  been  cou- 
iliici<-d  BO  us  in  insult  while  Ihey  injured,  lo 
exhibit  toward  us  contempt  as  well  as  haired. 
It  has  been  waged  as  if  ihey  wished  never 
10  have  peace  with  us,  or  expboied  us  never 
in  hold  in  Inline  any  ei|iialii\  with  ibitn. 
•  ■■  p  .li  y  has  m  '  been  to  rc- 
lorc  the  Union,  or  lo  Inn.  aoj  future 
commerce  or  intercourse  wiih  us  as  indo- 
peinli  in  and  friendly  States  They  disdain. 
initiate,  and  design  to  subjugate  or  ex- 
terminate  our  people. 

'•The  Coinniitiee  ask  leave  to  sil  during 
the  rcce-s  ul  Uungress,  thai  ttey  may  con- 
tinue tho  prosecution  uf  their  dunes  and 
.ike  lunher  report  at  the  next  Hess  on. 
Chey  suggest  ib.it  ihii  report  uml  itie  ac- 
'  s  b»  fib  il  lor  t  he  press  t 
in  the  office  uf  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate." 


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